On Sat, 14 Jun 1997 19:02:13 -0400 (EDT) 
 maximum entropy <entropy@zippy.bernstein.com> wrote:

 > For what it's worth, I have seen this type of message on a "real" PC
 > (DEC PC/XL 590).  After managing to get the base system installed anyway
 > (with lots of complaints whenever reading a floppy) I then reinstalled
 > everything over the network (not trusting the stuff I had loaded from
 > the "bad" floppy.)

A while ago, I fixed a timing bug in the isa floppy driver.  The bug
still exists in 1.2{,.1}, so this might be part of the problem.

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